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Cultural Antiquities Task Force Sponsors Training for Egyptian Law Enforcement
The Cultural Antiquities Task Force (CATF) recently supported a workshop in Cairo jointly organized by the U.S. Embassy and the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities on protecting cultural property and investigating cases of illegally exported antiquities.
Cultural Property Advisory Committee Meeting July 31-August 2
The Cultural Property Advisory Committee will meet to review Algeria’s request for U.S. import restrictions on archaeological and ethnological material.
Cultural Antiquities Task Force Sponsors Workshops for Peruvian National Police, Government and Cultural Officials
Law enforcement and cultural heritage experts from across the U.S. government worked together for a series of workshops that trained representatives from the Peruvian National Police, government, cultural entities, and church archdioceses on enforcing cultural heritage law.
Cultural Antiquities Task Force Sponsors Workshops for Peruvian National Police, Government and Cultural Officials
Law enforcement and cultural heritage experts from across the U.S. government recently partnered in Lima for a series of workshops that trained more than 70 representatives from the Peruvian National Police, government, cultural entities, and church archdioceses on enforcing cultural heritage law.
Cultural Property Advisory Committee Meeting May 2-4
The Cultural Property Advisory Committee will meet May 2-4, 2018, to review Ecuador’s request for U.S. import restrictions on archaeological and ethnological material
United States and Libya Sign Agreement to Protect Libya’s Cultural Heritage
On February 23, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs I. Steven Goldstein and Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary for Political Affairs Lutfi Almughrabi signed a landmark bilateral Memorandum of Understanding on cultural property protection at a ceremony at the U.S. Department of State’s Treaty Room.
U.S. Department of State Partners with International Council of Museums to Fight Illicit Traffic of Yemeni Cultural Heritage
In response to the civil war in Yemen in 2015-2016 and in an effort to help protect endangered Yemeni art and antiquities for future generations, the Department of State asked the International Council of Museums (ICOM) to produce an Emergency Red List of Cultural Objects at Risk for Yemen. It was launched at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on January 31.
Cultural Property Advisory Committee Meeting October 23-24
The Cultural Property Advisory Committee will meet October 23-24 to consider the proposal to extend the U.S.-Cambodia cultural property agreement (or “Memorandum of Understanding”).
United States and Mali Extend Cultural Property Agreement, Include Protection for Manuscripts
The United States and Mali extended their Agreement to continue import restrictions on archaeological material from Mali.
Cultural Property Advisory Committee Meeting July 19-20
The Cultural Property Advisory Committee will meet July 19-20 to review Libya’s request for U.S. import restrictions on Libyan archaeological and ethnological material.